Julio Velasco holds first training session with men's national team of Argentina

Velasco, whose coaching career spans more three decades, has also coached Italy’s men’s and women’s national volleyball teams as well as the men’s national teams of Spain and the Czech Republic.

Buenos
Aires, Argentina, April 2, 2014 - It is the start of a new chapter for the
Argentina men’s national team as new coach Julio Velasco put players through
their paces on Tuesday morning in their first training session together ahead of the FIVB World League season.

The team will train all week at the Club Ciudad de
Buenos Aires Gym with staff members including: Julian Alvares (Assistant
coach), Martin Lopez (Assistant), Hernan Ferraro (U23 and Support Team coach),
Fernando Locaso and Aldo Bustos (Doctors), Carlos Medeiro (Therapist/Trainer),
Oscar Cantero (Assistant), Osvaldo Celia (Manager) and Jose Saucedo (Juniors'
Statistician). Also joining the training session later on in the week are Camilo
Soto (Assistant) and Federico Fernandez Mentaberry (Statistician).